Having sorted out the chain blackness on the "just polished" sections i have a new problem with the clasp sections.
I soldered the links on these later than the others so they went into the pickle later.
Now as i have said before, i have a brain like a sieve and an incredible bad memory, and i forgot to take them out. Everytime i remembered, i was out driving or i was at work, and so this morning i finally remembered when i was near to home, - coming back from doing the grocery shop. I walked in chanting "pickle, pickle" to myself and went into Kurts old room to get them out.
I took off the lid to find that the pickle solution had virtually evaporated away, and so my poor clasp sections were in about a mm of water with crystalised pickle all around it.
They are black. You would never believe the clasps are sterling, and i didnt know what to do.
I made up a fresh batch of pickle and have put them back in it, but I dont know if they are beyond recovery now or if it is even possible to recover them
I would dearly love your advise, although i doubt that anyone has done anything quite as stupid as this themselves. But any help would be greatly appreciated.
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